Setting up DirecTV Genie boxes... At least customer service was polite and helpful, but good grief!

Why didn't the technician do it for your? I just got 4 of them and the tech stayed until they were all set up and working properly

We didn't have a tech out; we got them to install ourselves. Dad was going to do it, but as he's very prone to cursing and getting extremely angry, Mom had me do it for him. I'm not sure whether I'm happy that I saved Dad the aggravation, or just plain irritated...

Oh gotcha. Yeah I had a bad experience with Comcast several years ago when installing my own equipment. So now when we upgrade or have equipment issues, then I have them come and do it. Plus w/ Directv all of our tech calls have been free

Setting up DirecTV Genie boxes... At least customer service was polite and helpful, but good grief!

Why didn't the technician do it for your? I just got 4 of them and the tech stayed until they were all set up and working properly

We didn't have a tech out; we got them to install ourselves. Dad was going to do it, but as he's very prone to cursing and getting extremely angry, Mom had me do it for him. I'm not sure whether I'm happy that I saved Dad the aggravation, or just plain irritated...

Oh gotcha. Yeah I had a bad experience with Comcast several years ago when installing my own equipment. So now when we upgrade or have equipment issues, then I have them come and do it. Plus w/ Directv all of our tech calls have been free

Honestly, I can't say I'm displeased with DirecTV. We're really liking the Genie, and customer support has been nothing but helpful and friendly. It's just not easy to get set up!

I saw yesterday and today the story on fbook about the New Jersey girl suing her parents after moving out of their house cause she didn't want to live by their rules. The radio station I listen to shared the story this morning and 3/4 of the comments (I really shouldn't look) are saying if she'd had her rear end beat more often, she'd be better behaved.

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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. Be cheerful, strive to be happy. -Desiderata

On the topic of words. The way foyer is pronounced on all my American programming bothers me greatly. I think it should be pronounced as a French word, since it is. The saying of "Foy-yer" bugs me to no end. If you don't want to pronounce it as a French word I think why don't just use a different word like landing or entrance way instead of Anglicizing a French word. You don't have to have to be a francophone to say Foy-yay as it is a pretty easy word to say without an accent.

Languages change and evolve all the time and English seems to be particularily adept at it. English is almost dizzying good at it. We happily took in buffet as in 'the wind buffeted the ship' and buffet as in 'take Aunt Gertrude to the Sunday buffet please; she loves the dessert selection' and cheerfully ignore the fact that they're pronounced differently. Both are French, by the way.

I saw yesterday and today the story on fbook about the New Jersey girl suing her parents after moving out of their house cause she didn't want to live by their rules. The radio station I listen to shared the story this morning and 3/4 of the comments (I really shouldn't look) are saying if she'd had her rear end beat more often, she'd be better behaved.

People have very disparate opinions on child rearing and discipline. I am anti-spanking, so I disagree with them, but as we have seen on this site, that is a very controversial topic.

She lost, and kept this from becoming a wave of teenage gimme pigs demanding all the benefits of living at home without having to abide by the rules.

I saw yesterday and today the story on fbook about the New Jersey girl suing her parents after moving out of their house cause she didn't want to live by their rules. The radio station I listen to shared the story this morning and 3/4 of the comments (I really shouldn't look) are saying if she'd had her rear end beat more often, she'd be better behaved.

People have very disparate opinions on child rearing and discipline. I am anti-spanking, so I disagree with them, but as we have seen on this site, that is a very controversial topic.

She lost, and kept this from becoming a wave of teenage gimme pigs demanding all the benefits of living at home without having to abide by the rules.

I saw that she lost, and oddly, while I'm not a spanker, it's not so much people saying "She deserves a spanking" that would bother me. It's when people say a child is going to get their *alternate word for donkey* whooped. Perhaps that needs to go in the thread for words/phrases that bother us. I really, really hate that phrase.

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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. Be cheerful, strive to be happy. -Desiderata

I saw yesterday and today the story on fbook about the New Jersey girl suing her parents after moving out of their house cause she didn't want to live by their rules. The radio station I listen to shared the story this morning and 3/4 of the comments (I really shouldn't look) are saying if she'd had her rear end beat more often, she'd be better behaved.

People have very disparate opinions on child rearing and discipline. I am anti-spanking, so I disagree with them, but as we have seen on this site, that is a very controversial topic.

She lost, and kept this from becoming a wave of teenage gimme pigs demanding all the benefits of living at home without having to abide by the rules.

I saw that she lost, and oddly, while I'm not a spanker, it's not so much people saying "She deserves a spanking" that would bother me. It's when people say a child is going to get their *alternate word for donkey* whooped. Perhaps that needs to go in the thread for words/phrases that bother us. I really, really hate that phrase.

Add to that people that speak of "beating" their child. It's one of the reasons I do not find Bill Cosby to be funny.

* The weather - for the past four months we've been warned of horrific storms bringing rain, hailstones the size of footballs and snow. We've had pictures of 20ft high waves (exaggeration) and more warnings of worse to come. And now this week we're being "warned" that "SOME parts of the UK may experience 20 degree weather". So? It's 20 degrees not 30. yes, it's considerably warm for the time of year but that still does not warrant sensationalist headlines.

**In no way am I downplaying whatever has happened to this poor little girl. But really, two or three times weekly to basically relay the same story with few new facts? What is the point?!

***She's dead. Leave her alone.

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Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit.Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

When someone fills out a declaration card with false information! It's all connected, people.

You applied saying you attended W college, then complete a card saying you are transferring from V college. I check, and email you, to see before adding V college to your record, which would require you to provide V college transcripts and change your admission status.

The email bounces!

I call the prospective student, who lives on the W college campus, and is just thinking about going to V college. I also requested a valid email address. Sheesh.

* The weather - for the past four months we've been warned of horrific storms bringing rain, hailstones the size of footballs and snow. We've had pictures of 20ft high waves (exaggeration) and more warnings of worse to come. And now this week we're being "warned" that "SOME parts of the UK may experience 20 degree weather". So? It's 20 degrees not 30. yes, it's considerably warm for the time of year but that still does not warrant sensationalist headlines.

**In no way am I downplaying whatever has happened to this poor little girl. But really, two or three times weekly to basically relay the same story with few new facts? What is the point?!

***She's dead. Leave her alone.

Points taken; but in comparison with the sheer nastiness of a couple of this journal's British-daily competitors, I tend to find rather soothing, the very inanity of the things that the "Express" tends to obsess about.

There comes to mind, in a kind-of-related way, a feature a long time ago in the British comical magazine Punch, titled "a newspaper for newspaper addicts" -- basically a mock-up of the front page of a tabloid newspaper which was fixated on itself and its own doings, rather at the expense of actual news. The front page was all about the paper's triumph with its highest-ever sales figure for a day, plus assorted oddments all about the paper itself. In a small box at the bottom of the page, was "Other News" -- in brief "bytes", as follows. "World War III has broken out between the two superpowers." "The Queen of England has abdicated in favour of the Stuart claimant to the throne." And something else pretty earth-shaking, which I forget. And, "[the -- for that time -- British equivalent of Justin Bieber] is to marry."

When the higher ups at work make comments, when they have NO clue how things work. I know I shouldn't let it get ot me, but I can't help it sometimes. I had several today; one from my bosses' boss, asking me where something was (took longer today since my boss was out, and the amount of material was greater than normal)

and a second from the VP lady, who sent something to my director, who then forwarded it to me, wondering why it wasn't on the daily pub. Because these things aren't posted until after the pub is done, for the current day, and as no one had given me a head's up, I dind't know to look for it. VP lady's comment, to my director, which I saw was "shouldn't this have been picked up?" again, if I had known, yes, but if I don't, the NORMAL process is to gather the remainder of the prior day first thing, and put the current day on the next days' pub.